[Friends of the Fox River] Cleanup event at Trout Park - Rivers Edge in Elgin, Illinois on May 31st, 2008.

Total trash haul was:
219 plastic bags, 331 beverage plastic bottles, 391 beverage glass bottles, 180 beverage cans, 340 bottle caps & lids, 128 cups/plates/silverware, 343 food wrappers/containers, 15 pull tabs, 8 6-pack holders, 77 straws/stirrers, 283 bait containers, 37 buoys/floats, 36 fishing lines/nets/rods/reels, 3 pallets/crates/drums, 46 plastic line/rope, 31 building materials, 3 furniture/shopping carts, 902 cigarettes/lighters/wrappers, 6 car parts, 3 bicycle tires, 138 pieces of Styrofoam, 11 condoms/tampons, 8 articles of clothing (including pants, shorts, socks, shoes, shirts, and an adult snowsuit), 2 picnic tables, a wooden ladder, copper wire, metal sign posts, a hockey stick, a roll of wire fencing, and more!

[Click here] for a history of Trout Park, or [here] for a description of the Nature Preserve on the Illinois DNR site.